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JAMES EUGENE OWENS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordJames Eugene Owens, of Dillon, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Dillon, South Carolina (Dillon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 107
- RICHARD JOHN NASHAWATYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- DENNIS ALLEN OMILIANHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- JAMES C OREILLY JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH SAMUEL GIBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 100
From Dillon
- DAVID LEROY BRUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1966
- JOSEPH HARRY SULLIVANStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1966
- LUTHER BETHEA JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- BILLY CLAYTON MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- GALEN SPINKS MILESPrivate First Class · September 9, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.